You don't have to go to Aspen this summer (all the more space for me...:) to hear great chamber music. The usual list of suspects will show up right in our neighborhood, on the SF Peninsula, at the Music@Menlo Festival (http://www.musicatmenlo.org/, a site *without* an HTML or TXT list such as the one below, hence this message). Behold: I - Aug. 5, 6 - The Gilded Century CAROL WINCENC flute ALLAN VOGEL oboe, oboe d'amore KENNETH COOPER harpsichord GEOFF NUTTALL violin PHILIP SETZER violin BARRY SHIFFMAN violin LESLEY ROBERTSON viola COLIN CARR cello DAVID FINCKEL cello ALBERTO PARRINI cello CHARLES CHANDLER bass FRANCOIS COUPERIN (1668-1733) Concert Royal No. 4 in e minor (1722) GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767) 'Gulliver' Suite for two violins (1728) MARIN MARAIS (1656-1728) 'Le Tableau de l'Operation de la Taille' (1725) ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto in D Major, RV 95 'La Pastorella' (1729) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 (1721) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 (1721) ============================ II - Aug. 8, 9 - The Age of Reason ANTHONY McGILL clarinet JEFFREY KAHANE piano WU HAN piano PHILIP SETZER violin GERALDINE WALTHER viola COLIN CARR cello THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN (1732-1809) String Quartet in C Major, Op. 1 no. 6 Hob. III:6 (1760) WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Quartet in F Major, K. 370 for oboe, violin, viola, and cello (1781) WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Trio in Eb Major, K. 498 'Kegelstatt' for clarinet, viola, and piano (1786) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Trio No. 7 in Bb Major, Op. 97 'Archduke' (1811) ============================ III - Aug. 11, 12 - Emotion Unbound GILBERT KALISH piano WU HAN piano JORJA FLEEZANIS violin PHILIP SETZER violin GERALDINE WALTHER viola DAVID FINCKEL cello THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Sonata in A Minor, D 385 (Op. posth. 137, no. 2) for violin and piano 1817 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Selections from 'Lieder ohne worte' (Songs Without Words) for solo piano (1841) ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Quartet in Eb Major, op. 47 for piano, violin, viola, and cello (1842) ANTONIN DVORAK (1841-1904) Quintet in A Major, op. 81 for piano, two violins, viola, and cello (1887) ============================ IV - Aug. 14, 15 - New Dimensions ANTHONY McGILL clarinet GILBERT KALISH piano JORJA FLEEZANIS violin GERALDINE WALTHER viola CARTER BREY cello THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Sonata for cello and piano (1915) ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945) Langsamer Satz for string quartet (1905) CHARLES IVES (1874-1954) Scherzo 'Holding Your Own' (From A Set of Three Short Pieces) (1903-04) ANTON WEBERN Six Bagatelles for string quartet, op. 9 (1911-13) IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Suite from 'L'Histoire du Soldat' for clarinet, violin, and piano (1919) ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) 'Verklarte Nacht' (Transfigured Night), op. 4 (1899) ============================ V - Aug. 17, 18 - Voices of Our Time NATHANIEL WEBSTER baritone GILBERT KALISH piano WU HAN piano JORJA FLEEZANIS violin ANI KAVAFIAN violin GERALDINE WALTHER viola CARTER BREY cello DAVID FINCKEL cello THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET JOHN CORIGLIANO (b. 1938) Fancy on a Bach Air for solo cello (1997) JOHN HARBISON (b. 1938) 'November 19, 1828' for piano and string trio (1988) BRIGHT SHENG (b. 1955) Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990) OSVALDO GOLIJOV (b. 1960) 'Yiddishbbuk' Inscriptions for string quartet (1992) NED ROREM (b. 1923) 'Aftermath' for medium voice, violin, cello, and piano (2002) Janos Gereben/SF www.sfcv.org [log in to unmask]